Born in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1980
Lives in Brewster, New York
Education
2005MFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago; MFA
2002Amherst College, Amherst, MA; BA, Summa cum Laude
One-Person Exhibitions
2013“Outer Air,” Feature Inc., New York
"The Sensible Range," Devening Projects + Editions, Chicago
2010“de facto,” Devening Projects, Chicago
“Civil Twilight,” Twig Gallery, Brussels
“Civil Twilight,” Feature Inc, New York
2008“PSEUDORANDOM,” Denler Gallery, Northwestern College, St. Paul, MN
“wash,” Gift Shop Project Space, Chicago,
200512 x 12 series: “Nathaniel Robinson,” Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Group Exhibitions
2013“No Name,” On Stellar Rays, New York
2012“Punt,” Feature Inc., New York
“Upstream,” video art program, NADA Hudson, Hudson, NY, 28 – 29 July/Core Club, New York, 23 October 2012;
curated by Grela Orihuela
“Creature from the Blue Lagoon,” Martos Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY; organized by Bob Nickas
2011“If Loss Could Weigh,” 2 – 19 November, TCB art inc., Melbourne
“Color: Fully Engaged,” A+D Gallery, Columbia College, Chicago
“i am not monogamous, i heart poetry,” Feature Inc., New York
“We Regret To Inform You There Is Currently No Space or Place for Abstract Painting,” Martos Gallery, New York
2010“Looking Back: The Fifth White Columns Annual – Selected by Bob Nickas,” White Columns, New York
2009“Skulture,” Feature Inc., New York
“Little Triggers,” Devening Projects + Editions
“All My Friends are Dead,” Maerzgalerie, Leipzig, Germany
2008“Paper Love,” Devening Projects + Editions, Chicago
“Action.Stop.Action,” Vox Populi, Philadelphia
2006“HOPE,” Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago
“Four Ways to Tell a Story,” Eli Marsh Gallery, Amherst College, Amherst, MA
2005“A Sense of Place: Emerging Chicago Sculpture,” The Lobby Gallery, Chicago
“Lookers,” Heaven Gallery, Chicago
MFA thesis show, Gallery 2, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
“Drawn to Drawing,” The Betty Rymer Gallery at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2004“Peridolia,” Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
“Infrathin,” Gahlberg Gallery, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL
“Infrathin,” portable exhibition curated by Dan Devening
2003“Body of Work,” Gallery Agniel, Providence, RI
2002“Form and Color,” Lenore Gray Gallery, Providence, RI
Bibliography
2013Schmerler, Sarah. Review, Art in America, May
Johnson, Ken. “Nathaniel Robinson: ‘Outer Air,’” New York Times, 17 January >link
Saltz, Jerry. Critic’s Pick, New York Magazine, 3 February
2012Sutton, Ben. “Martos Gallery Makes for the Hamptons, Filling a Collector’s Beach House With High-Priced
Hipster Art,” Artinfo.com, 3 August >link
2010Massara, Kathleen. “Trash Talks Back” (review of “Civil Twilight), The L Magazine, 15–28 September, 2010 >link
Johnson, Ken. Review, New York Times, 10 September 2010 >link
Kastner, Jeffrey. Review, Artforum, November 2010, 262–63
2005Pesanti, Heather, “The Moon Has a Face like the Clock in the Hall,” exhibition essay, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Wilk, Deborah, “Studio City,” Chicago Magazine
Grants and Awards
2003 – 05Jacob Javits Fellow
2002Rhode Island State Council on the Arts Grant for individual artists’ proposals (project never realized)